For OBU, Kevin Swinton had a game-high 27 points and seven
rebounds, followed by Tim Bowman and Maurice Foster with 11 each.

It was a 40 minute battle that saw nine lead changes and
four ties, and the largest lead of the night came when OBU’s Jacob Isham scored
with 10:13 to go to put the Bison ahead 54-47.But JBU responded with a 17-5 run capped off by a three point play from
Bartlett to go ahead 65-59 with 3:05 left.

After regrouping, OBU scored several buckets and made a few
key defensive stops to tie the game up at 68 with 1:08 left.JBU came up empty on their next offensive possession
when OBU’s Derick Echols came up with a huge block and defensive rebound before
getting fouled.Echols converted 1-of-2
from the charity stripe with :34 seconds left to play to give OBU the one point
lead, 69-68.

JBU turned the ball over after a scrum for the rebound and
was forced to foul and send Tim Bowman to the line where he canned both
free-throw attempts to go up by three, 71-68.

With a final shot to tie it up, Mikutis' three point attempt
fell short and Echols picked up the rebound and was sent back to the line where
he went 1-of-2 to seal the deal.

For the game, JBU was red hot shooting 59.5 percent (25-of-42)
from the floor.OBU also had a solid
shooting night going 46.2 percent (24-of-52) on the day.The rebounding advantage went to JBU
29-26.

A big difference maker came at the foul line where OBU had
more attempts going 17-of-26 (65.4%) compared to 11-of-16 (68.8%) from JBU.

JBU won’t have long to think about the loss as they are back
on the road on Thursday night to face Oklahoma City.Game time is set for 8 p.m. in Abe Lemmons
Arena.